Fireplace.



D. D. NASH,

l HREPLAGB. APPLICATION FILED APB..12, 1911.

, Patented Feb-27, 1912.

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:DURANT D. NASH, oF coNcoRp, NORTH CAROLTNA.

EIREPLacE.

To all whom it may oncem:

Be it known that I, DURANT D. NASH. a citizen of t-he 'United States, residing at'. Concord, in the county of Cabarrus and State of North Carolina', haveinvented a. new and useful Fireplace, of which the following is a specification.

This invention ielatesto stoves and furnaces, and more especially to fire places; and the object ofthe saine'is t'oproduce a port able fire place structure, itself having ortable water-lmeks, and the whole capab e of being set up in a chimney place ,in such manner that the products of combustion may pass up the chimney but the soot falling down the same will not get into'the water nor into the room.

To this end the invention consists in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed and as shown in the vdrawings wherein- Figure 1 is a front elevation of this tire place complete, ready toset np in the chimney. Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views on the lines 2 2 and 3 3 of Fig. l, the brick work of the chimney being included in bot-h instances, the latter view being on an en'- larged scale. Fig. 4' is a side elevation .in detail of one of the water-backs or tanks on an enlarged scale. y

In the drawings the letter B designates the brick-work ot a chimney, the latter having the usual tine F back of its front wall lV, and the chimney C being of the open type and provided with a hearth H. Into the opening thereof I propose to insert my portable and removable fire place complete, and its details willnow be described.

The numeral 5 designates a metallic plate which is of a size to take the place of the usual tire-board with which an open chimney is closed4 when the samel is not to be used. In contour this plate conforms with the shape of the opening in the chimney,`

but iii Fig. 1 l have shown it as rectangular and about: square, and as the fire place proper crciniies the center of this plate the latter' may be called an arch.

The numerals't desifrnate hooks whose' shanks are journaled through the plate near its upper corners. and on the front ends .of-

said Shanks are knobs or handles 'Z by means of which the hooks can be turned upward to engage the front wall lV of the fine F so as to hold the plate in place.

The grate 8 is of any approved type (and specification af Letters raient.

.ont departing from my versely disposed hooks 10 in the'edges of the opening 1l in the arch so thatl the" grate may belifted out when desired. Belbwthe grate is disposed a scieen 12 for'coverin'g the ash Apit,aud the s aineinay be held in the opening in the arch by means ofinterengaging hooks 13of a similar constructiei to those just described. Back of the grate andbeliind the ashl pit` extends the lining 14 which is of sheet metal and forms thcback of the fire pot (or extends` behind t-he` gas P atentedFeb. 27, 1912. Application led April 12, 1911. --Serial No. 620,655.

mightin .fa'ct'be replaced by gas logs withinvention), and it;r 1s securedm theopening 1n the arch in any logs ifthey are used),- and'the top of this lining. communicates as at- 15- with the flue Fgto permit of thel exita of smoke. and the gases ofcombustion. v

At either Side' of the opening 11 inlI the arch, -t-helwall of the plate 5 'is provided with an opening which isclosed by aremov able front 2Q whose lower end when in place; engages hooks 21`andwhose upper endcarries a hook shaped catch 26turned by-a knob 27 whichprojects forward of the front 20, the construction heilig much like the hook 6 and knob 7 which holds the plate 5 in place as above described. AB olt'ed to the backof the front plate 20 as at 22 is an upright ta'nk 23 having a4 removable cover 24 with a handle 25, and from a loiv pointl in the tank leads an outletpipe $0 which passes through the front. plate 2G and connects with a T-coupling 31 whose upper branch communicates with a. watei"g:-ige 32 so as to indicate the level of the water wit-hin the tank and whose lower branch leads to a spigot 33 by means of which water can be drawn outof the tank. i There are. two of these front plates 20 each carrying its tank and fixtures,' and they are disposed at oppositesides of the grate'and separated from thefii'eonly 'by the thickness ofthe side walls 140 of the lining 14, so that.' the heat from the fire is communicated throu h said side walls and to the tanks and t e water therein is quickly warmed. In order tofrefill either tank when it becomes empty the knob 27 is turned todisengage the catch 26 from the arch 5, and the ,entire front' 20'4 with its tank 23 is withdrawn, the cover taken off water putinto thetank, and the parts replaced. f- Behind all of the parts above described.

2 f y ajuster?v is disposed a back platev 40 whichby prefer' j and bolted as at 44 to the arch 5. Hence` `f when the latter is removed, the back plate within the latter, a front plate closing each All parts are of metal, excepting the g ass gages 32, and the spigdts and other lfixtures ma-yvell beef brass or neatly ornamented and the remaining metal portions are preferably of sheet iron or castin l The sizes of parts andtdetails other than those that lhave beendeserib'ed .are notes- Sential to "this invent-ion.

The moisture given off by the water re- A eptales passes out'into the room to meistenthe air in the -room through apertures 20a provided in the plates 20.-

lVhat is claimed is:

1.111.v a .removable lire plaeefor lchimney openings, the combinatie with a 4:front plate having anarch and having openings therethrough at either side of the arch opening,

a grate detachably secured tothe ges of the arch openingand 1a lining behind the said grate havingan outlet communicating with t-he flue, of front plates detachably secured over the said-openings in the arch,

a tank secured to the said plates and in rear thereof, an outlet pipe leading froi each of 'the tanks through the corresponding plate and a spigot on thefouter end of each of the saidspipes. Y i

2. 'In a rem ble fire place for chimneyopenings, the bn biiiationwith a front plate orming an arch and-having openings in it at'either side of the arch-opening, a-grate of said side ppenings, and a tank carried by and in rear of each of'said front plates; of a lining late extending upward behind the grate an directed thence into the flue to forni an outlet, its edges passing around the ends of the grate and being connected with said arch-plate between the centra-l opening land the side openings therein, and a back plate behind all said parts, its upper end being carried forward and thence upward to support said :outlet and .its side edges bed said tanksand thence of said arch-plate. Y

In testimony that'I claim the foregoing ture inthe.presence"of two witnesses.

DURANT D. NASH. Vitiiesses: 4

-as my own, I have hereto a-iixed my signau 

